User roles with devise Modular Rails 4 - ruby-on-rails

Question

I've been struggling with this issue for weeks. My goal is to create 3 different types of users. Regular, Page , Venue. Upon registration the user is able to select that role [Regular,Page or Venue]. depending on the role the user chooses they're redirected to a edit profile page where they have to fill in additional information. Depending on user role, the user is also provided with a specific layout and separate root.
Example : User chooses role via registration form once signed up the user is redirected to their edit form to fill in additional info like name, location. ( also trying to find a way to make that required, like before a user can interact with the platform they have to fill in additional information that was not required on the registration form. Any ideas on something for that would be amazing.)
so basically I would like to root the user by role to a specific view.
Also my application is being built within engines, using the modular wa
What I have now :
By following this tutorial I was able to set up the user roles very simply. and also wrapping my head around using cancan.
http://www.mashpy.me/rails/role-based-registration-with-devise-and-cancan-using-ruby-on-rails/.
User.rb
module M0ve
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
# Include default devise modules. Others available are:
# :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable
devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
:recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable
validates :user_name, presence: true, length: { minimum: 4, maximum: 12 }
validates :email, presence: true
validates :role, presence: true
has_many :posts, dependent: :destroy
has_many :comments, dependent: :destroy
ROLES = %w[regular page venue]
def role_symbols
[role.to_sym]
end
Application Controller
module M0ve
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
before_filter :authenticate_user!
protect_from_forgery with: :exception
protected
def after_sign_up_path_for(resource)
if current_user.role? :regular
regular_index
end
end
end
end
Registration Controller
module M0ve
class M0ve::RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
private
def sign_up_params
params.require(:user).permit(:email, :user_name, :password, :password_confirmation, :role)
end
def account_update_params
params.require(:user).permit(:email, :user_name, :password, :password_confirmation, :current_password)
end
end
end
Routes
M0ve::Core::Engine.routes.draw do
devise_for :users, class_name: "M0ve::User",module: :devise,:controllers => { registrations: 'm0ve/registrations' }
resources :posts do
resources :comments
end
end
Sorry if I missed some information please let me know where I need to clarify and I'll appreciate any help .

Answer 1

You could use the Rolify gem with Devise and Cancan or Cancancan to manage multiple role based authorization.
With some effort you should be able to create and manage roles as well.

Answer 2

Use Cancan Gem
here is the link to it, the documentation is quite simple
https://github.com/ryanb/cancan